Toolbox Tomahawks

摘要

Since Paleolithic times and into the Bronze Age, small axes were one of the most valued tools. A hafted tool stores energy as it is swung, and if it has an edge, that energy transfers to a concentrated spot on the work-piece and can accomplish a lot. As we are wont to do, man usually adapts tools as weapons, and the tool-cum-weapon we know by its Algonquin name "tomahawk" appears to be an evolution of the naval boarding axe of early Colonial times. This handy tool came about during Egyptian times, and became common because when boarding a hostile ship, there is scant room to swing a classy-looking saber or a halberd-the pole-axe mainstay of the Medieval era.